The Soviets disintegrated from within. A shot did not have to be fired. The same appears to be happening with the U.S. empire. It is disintegrating from within. The original idea for the land of the free was not to become a militarist nation that drops bombs around the world, and that tries to be the policeman of the world. However, ideas rule and at the beginning of the 20th century, the ideas of progressivism and socialism captivated enough people to take hold. The results were and continue to be a disaster. These failed ideas must be defeated. I discuss what I see ahead in a talk given at The Mises Institute: